Apple told its main phone assemblers, Foxconn and Pegatron, to stop plans for additional iPhone XR production lines, a report said Monday. The order to the two Taiwanese companies suggests that demand for cheapest of the 2018 iPhones hasn’t lived up to Apple’s expectations, according to Nikkei, which cited anonymous sources. “For the Foxconn side, …
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Worthy midrange Android phones are few and far between, but the Motorola One aims to prove its mettle for $399. First announced in August for Europe, Asia and Latin America, the Motorola One will make its US debut with Best Buy on Nov. 11. Preorders start Nov. 9 at BestBuy.com. (The phone’s 299 euro price converts roughly to £270 and …
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A Google Doodle on Monday celebrated the life of Michael Dertouzos, who foresaw how the internet would change the world. Dertouzos was born in Athens, Greece on Nov. 5, 1936, and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined MIT’s faculty and became director of its Laboratory for Computer Science in 1974. He spearheaded …
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If you want a bunch of cables poking out of the side of your iPad just like they do with your laptop, good news: accessory maker Sanho has a dock that adds a bunch of potentially useful ports to Apple’s new USB-C-enabled iPad Pro tablets. The iPad Pro models, the first Apple mobile devices to come with industry-standard USB-C ports …
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Barnes & Noble is offering a new Nook tablet. The bookseller said Monday the Nook 10.1″ has a bigger display than any of its previous models and can be used for reading, taking photos and sending emails. The tablet — with a 10.1-inch display — is available for preorder now for $130 and will come out Nov. 14. Another view of …
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Gearing up for its developer’s conference on Nov. 7, Samsung teased a foldable phone reveal with a folded version of its logo on couple of its social media accounts. The appearance of the bendy logo on the Samsung Mobile Twitter and Facebook pages follows recent rumors the company is planning to finally go public with the long hinted-at device. Samsung has previously …
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You may be able to breathe new life into that old iPhone ($899 at Amazon) rattling around in a desk drawer or an old MacBook ($445 at Amazon) collecting dust in the back of a closet. Before you write off your out-of-commission Apple devices as obsolete and beyond repair, it might be worth your while to check if they are …
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Welcome to Day 1 of CNET’s 10 Days of Deals! You’ve just landed at the first of 10 exclusives, 10 hand-picked products with discounts you won’t find anywhere else. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Digital photo frames get no respect… no respect at all. Which is understandable, given what an expensive pain they used to be. …
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Ajit Pai has called on top executives in the tech industry to put an end to scam phone calls. The Federal Communication Commission chairman on Monday sent letters to the heads of AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Google and others, asking them to adopt a call authentication system that would combat illegal caller ID spoofing. He asked the companies to have …
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